Israel / Middle East - Page 201

Israeli doctors, most of whom are unionized, plan to strike for several hours this week to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms, offering patients only emergency services across the nation.

House Republicans are planning a Tuesday vote on the House Floor that would affirm support for Israel in a move to put Democrats on the record just one day before Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to address Congress.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) challenged Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to prove certain members of his conference are not antisemitic after Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said that “Israel is a racist state” over the weekend — a comment she later walked back.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby acknowledged that there has been “a real increase” in Iranian attacks on shipping in the area of the Strait of Hormuz and this

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday against threats to democracy by thousands of military reservists who are refusing to show up for duty unless his government stops pursuing judicial reform.

The Italian Parliament has come out in support of a popular Iranian opposition group seeking a free and democratic Iran, prompting the outrage of Tehran.     

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), chair of the “Progressive Caucus” in the House, called Israel a “racist state” on Saturday in Chicago — but then said that she supported a “two-state solution” for Israel and the Palestinians.

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Saturday evening that he wanted to use his campaign and his possible presidency to make the “moral case for Israel” to a younger generation of Americans.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests.

President Joe Biden has already reached an “unwritten” nuclear deal with Iran, under which the regime will stop just short of developing a nuclear weapon, leaving Israel unable to act independently to defend itself.

President Joe Biden extended a formal invitation Thursday to Israel’s ceremonial president, Isaac Herzog, to visit the White House next Tuesday — while continuing to snub Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Republican senators, led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, are threatening to delay President Joe Biden’s State Department nominees over policies prohibiting U.S. scientific research aid to certain Israeli-held territories in what the lawmakers refer to as an “antisemitic boycott of Israel.”

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi paid a rare visit to Africa this week, with stops planned in Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. While in Uganda on Wednesday, Raisi praised President Yoweri Museveni for passing a law that increased punishment for homosexual activity, all the way up to capital punishment in some cases.

The majority of Americans know about and embrace the strong and enduring alliance between the United States and Israel.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Wednesday that President Joe Biden “wants to resurrect the Obama Iran policy,” which provided a pathway for the Iranian regime to build nuclear weapons after roughly a decade.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has ruled out attending Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s upcoming address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, declaring “no way in hell” she would be there.

President Joe Biden met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on Tuesday and praised the authoritarian Turkish leader for having the “courage” to stop blocking Sweden from joining the alliance.

House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) blasted the State Department on Tuesday for declining to provide information about the suspension of Iran envoy Rob Malley for allegedly mishandling classified documents.

The Israeli left is threatening mass desertions from military reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms continue to advance in the legislature.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed President Joe Biden for “snubbing” the Israeli premier by continuously refusing to offer him an invitation to the White House, and he accused the current administration of being the “most relentlessly anti-Israel” one in U.S. history.

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides claimed in an interview Monday that Israelis wanted America to interfere in its internal politics, as he criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms.

Randall Stephenson, a member of the PGA Tour’s policy board, has resigned, claiming it was due to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf merger.

Efforts by the Biden administration to procure a non-written agreement with Tehran are “enormously damaging,” according to former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who claims Washington’s moves aim to “monitor” and “limit” Israel to deter an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

President Joe Biden doubled down on refusing to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pay a customary visit to the White House, despite the fact that Netanyahu was elected last year by the Israeli people.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) stated that most of the oil money Iran gets is from China, and Iran has used the money to help Russia in its war in Ukraine

President Joe Biden will be sending cluster bombs to Ukraine to use in its war against Russia, the White House confirmed Friday. But he has opposed their use in the past, especially by Israel in the Lebanon War in 1982.

The Saudi Royal Family is preparing to launch a multibillion-dollar agency to invest in U.S. sports franchises, according to reports.

The U.S. Air Force said Wednesday that three Russian fighter jets harassed three American drones during a mission against Islamic State targets in Syria.

Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman slammed the Biden administration for its having yet to invite the Israeli premier to the White House while accusing it of “strengthening” the otherwise “weak” Iranian regime.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) pulled out of Jenin on Wednesday after an intense 48-hour campaign against Palestinian terrorists in which one Israeli soldier, and no Palestinian civilians, were killed.

At least 7 people were wounded in a terrorist attack on the streets of Tel Aviv Tuesday afternoon before an armed citizen took out the attacker.

The Israeli military claimed Tuesday that Palestinian terrorists have been using a mosque in Jenin as a base for their operations, fortifying it for battle and installing an underground tunnel and weapons cache at the holy site.

Saudi Arabia and Russia, both members of the OPEC+ oil cartel and the two largest oil exporters in the world, announced deeper production cuts on Monday to push worldwide market prices higher. The cuts added up to a 1.5% reduction in the global supply of oil.

Opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who are protesting against his government’s judicial reforms are planning to block access to Ben-Gurion Airport after blocking the seaport of Haifa on Monday.

Israel has sent more than 1,000 troops into the Palestinian city of Jenin in an effort to root out the terrorist infrastructure there, in the largest operation in the city since Operation Defensive Shield in 2002.

The Biden administration hid the suspension of Iran envoy Rob Malley from Congress, after he lost his security clearance earlier this year amid an investigation into alleged mishandling of classified materials.